THE CHRISTIAN PROBLEM

A documentary exposé of Christian persecution
'First Comes Saturday, Then Comes Sunday' explains exodus from Mideast
Posted: February 24, 2009
10:56 pm Eastern

© 2009 WorldNetDaily

WASHINGTON – Bethlehem, once a 90 percent Christian town in Israel, now claims a Christian population of only about 20,000 of the 60,000 Arab residents – about 35 percent. The number drops day by day, month by month, year by year.

They haven't left for no good reason. They have left for very good reasons. In fact, knowing the conditions these Christians face today, it's surprising there are still 20,000 there.

In the last 20 years, some two million Christians have fled the Mideast.

One of the most important aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that has been overlooked is the plight of Christians in the Holy Land. Christians in the Palestinian territories have dropped from 15 percent of the Arab population in 1950 to just 2 percent today.

The latest exodus began when Bethlehem was transferred by Israel to Palestinian Authority control.

Here's how one Bethlehem Christian community leader explained it: "You want to know what is at play here, just come throughout the year and see the intimidation from the Muslims. They have burned down our stores, built mosques in front of our churches, stolen our real estate and taken away our rights. Women have been raped and abducted."

Now that story of systematic religious persecution is being told in a video documentary by award-winning filmmaker Pierre Rehov.

See for yourself how Muslim terrorists intentionally placed Christians in the crossfire between them and Israel in "First Comes Saturday, Then Comes Sunday."

The title is adapted from a well-known saying in the Middle East: "First we take care of the Saturday people (Jews), then we take care of the Sunday people (Christians)."

Pierre Rehov addresses again this alarming trend in his new film, a sequence of "Holy Land: Christians in Peril. The film is a documentary containing interviews with Christians as well as exclusive footage showing how dangerous their situation is under Islamic rule.
Get the new documentary, "First Comes Saturday, Then Comes Sunday" – all shot on location in the Middle East